12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Theoretical derivation of an equation for planetary distances from the sun

14 Jul 2011, 11:00
15m
Acro2

Acro2

Oral Presentation Track D1 - Astrophysics APSS

Speaker

Prof. Pieter Wagener (Dept Physics, NMMU)

Description

Applying the quantisation of action variables to a theory of gravitation one derives discrete values for planetary distances from the sun. The calculated values agree with the observed values of all the planets. The derived equation also applies to the exoplanets. The application is similar to that of the Wilson-Sommerfeld rule for atomic orbits.

Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? Hons to PhD
Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? No
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary author

Prof. Pieter Wagener (Dept Physics, NMMU)

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